Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris, born on the 20th of October 1964 was a prominent American politician as well as a lawyer. She is currently the 49th vice president of the United States. Kamala Devi Harris is the first female vice presidency and the highest ranking female official in U.S history. She is a part of the Democratic Party and was previously the attorney general of California between 2011 and 2017. Additionally she was the United States senator representing California between 2017-2021. Harris was born in Oakland, California. She graduated from Howard University as well as the University of California Hastings College of the Law. After starting her career as an Alameda County District Attorney Harris was hired to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. Then she was appointed the City Attorney of San Francisco. In 2003, she was elected San Francisco District Attorney. In 2010 she was appointed Attorney General of California and then re-elected in 2014. Harris served as the junior United States senator from California from 2017 until 2021. Harris beat Loretta Sanchez in the 2016 Senate elections to become the second African American woman, and the first South Asian American, to be a senator in the United States Senate. She was a senator who worked for healthcare reform and federal de-scheduling cannabis. A pathway to citizenship for undocumented migrants. The DREAM Act bans assault weapons and progressive tax reform. In the news, attention was paid to her sharp questions of Trump administration officials at Senate hearings. This included Trump's second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who was accused of sexual misconduct.




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